NASA’s news conference about the status of the next space shuttle launch will follow the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The review, originally expected to conclude Tuesday, is a meeting to assess preparations for shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission to the International Space Station.
The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA Television and on the Web at www.nasa.gov/ntv.
The STS-128 mission currently is targeted to liftoff Aug. 25 at 1:36 a.m. EDT.